Every Tet holiday, almost all Vietnamese families prepare a tray of jams and put it in the living room as a tradition. In it, people often display all kinds of jams, cakes, and candies to entertain guests who come to visit their home.
Tet jam is not simply a snack, but its sweet taste is a bridge for family gatherings to talk about the old year and share plans and wishes for the new year. At the same time, it contributes to preserving traditions and traditional cultural values. Now everything is modern, more delicious and unique candies are also "covering" everywhere. But no matter how many choices there are, according to habit, when the new year is approaching, every family is busy buying jam, making jam to put on trays to make Tet more complete. This year, many young people innovate and create many creative dishes by combining many unique ingredients together.
Soft apple jam
Dried red apples have taken the market by storm, conquering the hearts of many diners. Inspired by that attraction, many young people have created soft apple jam from the familiar green-skinned apple. With its natural crispness when fresh, green-skinned apples when processed into jam bring a soft, succulent texture, completely different.
The new, soft and fragrant candied apple dish will certainly be an extremely attractive snack during Tet holiday for many families.
To get shiny, attractive apple jam, people have to go through a rather elaborate processing. First, fresh and delicious apples will be soaked thoroughly in lime water to keep their natural color and create crispness. Then, they are blanched in boiling water to remove dirt and create conditions for sugar to penetrate deep inside. Next, the apples will be marinated with pure white sugar and cooked over medium heat.
The finished apple jam will have a deep golden color with a slight shimmer of sugar water along with an addictive sweet and sour taste.
After a while, the apples gradually turn golden yellow, and the thick layer of sugar coats each piece of apple. Finally, to complete the jam, the apples will be dried in the oven or in the sun. When the last drops of water evaporate, you will have shiny, attractive pieces of red apple jam, with a sweet, fragrant flavor. With its characteristic delicious flavor and unique preparation, this dish will definitely be a new highlight to invite guests on Tet holiday.
Cherry tomato jam
Cherry tomato jam is a wonderful creation with a moderate consistency, harmoniously combining the characteristic sour taste of tomatoes and the mild sweetness of sugar. Taking a bite of the jam, you will feel the sour taste gradually melting on the tip of your tongue, then the gentle sweetness spreading throughout your mouth. To get this delicious jam, people must choose ripe, plump cherry tomatoes that are not crushed. After that, the tomatoes will be soaked thoroughly in lime water to retain their natural color and create crunchiness.
Not only delicious, cherry tomato jam with its red color will bring luck to your whole family in the first days of the year.
After being soaked in lime water, the cherry tomatoes will be washed and marinated with a sufficient amount of sugar. This marinating process not only helps the tomatoes absorb the sugar evenly but also helps them release water, creating conditions for the sugar to completely melt.
This dish is delicious and beautiful but extremely simple.
You can adjust the amount of sugar to your taste, if you like a refreshing sour taste, reduce the amount of sugar, but if you want a stronger sweet taste, you can increase it a little. Once the sugar has dissolved, the cherry tomatoes will be transferred to the stove and simmered over low heat. Under the influence of temperature, the sugar water will gradually condense, the cherry tomatoes will begin to shrink and turn a shiny red color. To enhance the rich flavor, you can sprinkle a little salt or sugar according to your preference.
Passion fruit peel jam
Who says only grapefruit peel and kumquat peel can be used to make jam? Young people today are really clever in turning sweet and sour passion fruit into irresistible soft and fragrant jam balls. With a little creativity, passion fruit peel - which is usually thrown away - has now become the main ingredient for a unique Tet snack, bringing a new and attractive flavor to the enjoyer.
Soft and chewy passion fruit peel jam is extremely new with a delicious and unique sweet and sour taste.
To get delicious passion fruit jam, you need to choose really fresh passion fruit. Ripe passion fruit is usually heavy and when shaken, you can't hear the seeds moving. After choosing the fruit you like, you will separate the flesh and filter the juice to create a unique flavor for the jam. The passion fruit peel will be peeled very thinly to get the white pulp inside, then cut into long, bite-sized pieces. Finally, the mixture of passion fruit peel, sugar and juice will be simmered over a low heat. During the simmering process, the sugar will gradually melt and penetrate deep into each strand of passion fruit peel, creating sticky, fragrant jam.
Fruit jelly jam
Fruit jelly jam is a new variation, loved by many young people more than traditional jelly jam. Fruit jelly jam with a variety of fruits such as strawberry, mango, dragon fruit... has conquered the taste of many people.
Traditional and modern jams conquer many food lovers
Although still keeping the traditional long string shape, fruit jelly has brought a new breeze with natural aroma and bright colors from fresh fruits. To create delicious jelly strands, you need to combine jelly powder with pure fruit juice. After soaking jelly powder in juice, the mixture will be boiled over medium heat. This helps to preserve the fresh flavor of the fruit, creating chewy and fragrant jelly strands. If you do not have fruit juice, you can also use fruit jam to add color and flavor to the dish.
Wait for the jelly to solidify, use a serrated knife to cut it into long sticks, arrange them on a tray and dry until you see the jelly is dry and has a layer of sugar around it.
No matter how many years have passed, how modern everything has become, the tray of jams is still loved by many generations and is an indispensable thing in every traditional Tet holiday. This year Tet comes early, only about three weeks left, so hurry up and make some jams to enjoy with tea!
